Mantra 3

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयं विष्कन्धं सहतेऽयं बाधते अत्त्रिणः । अयं नो विश्वभेषजो जङ्गिडः पात्वंहसः

IAST Transliteration

ayáṃ viṣkáṇdhaṃ sahate ’ayáṃ bā́dhate attríṇaḥ | ayáṃ no viśvá-bheṣajo jāṅgiḍáḥ pā́tv áṃhasaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This overcomes the Viṣkandha; this drives away the Devourers. This Jāṅgiḍa, a medicine for all, shall guard us from distress and harm.

Word by Word

अयम्this (one); he/this charm

विष्कन्धम्Viṣkandha (a disease/demon of obstruction)

सहतेovercomes; withstands

अयम्this (one)

बाधतेdrives away; afflicts (the afflicter)

अत्त्रिणःthe devourers; harmful beings

अयम्this (one)

नःfor us; our

विश्वभेषजःthe all-healing (remedy)

जङ्गिडःthe Jaṅgiḍa (plant/charm)

पातुmay (it) protect

अंहसःfrom distress/sin; from harm

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for maṇi and bheṣaja hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on Anukramaṇī tradition for this sukta).

Devata: Jāṅgiḍa (as personified remedy/amulet) and the apotropaic power opposed to Viṣkandha and Attrins.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short pādas with Atharvanic cadence—confirmable against pada-count in a metrical edition).

Mantra Rasa

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